Vijayveer Sidhu won the silver
medal in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event at the Asian Shooting
Championships 2024 in Jakarta, Indonesia. With this performance, he secured an
Indian quota in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event for the Paris 2024
Olympics.
The Asian Shooting Championships
2024 were held in Jakarta (Indonesia) in January 2024. The top two eligible shooters (maximum one per
country) in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event at the Asian Shooting
Championships 2024 would secure
the national quota for the Paris 2024 Olympics. However, each nation can secure
a maximum of two quotas in any one event for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
During the qualifying round in
the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championships 2024,
Vijayveer Sidhu finished in fifth place with 577 points.
Vijayveer Sidhu secured India’s quota in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event for the Paris 2024 Olympics before the beginning of the Final
Even before the Final, Vijayveer
Sidhu booked India’s one quota in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event for the
Paris 2024 Olympics, as most of the other finalists (except for Kazakhstan), South
Korea and Japan already completed their quotas for the upcoming Summer
Olympics.
While both Kazakhstan and India
secured their one quota each from the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event at the Asian
Shooting Championships 2024, Kazakhstan’s Nikita Chiryukin won the gold medal
with a score of 32 in the Final. Sidhu finished with a score of 28 to clinch
the silver medal.
Vijayveer Sidhu also completed
India’s two quotas in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol event for the Paris 2024
Olympics, as Anish Bhanwala was the first to achieve it with a bronze medal at
the Asian Shooting Championships 2023.
Meanwhile, the National Olympic Committees have
the exclusive authority to make the final decision on national representatives
for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
